One of the pits of the olive trees, whose grape seeds and pollen caught in centuries of rock have already begun to draw a ...

The importance of what lies beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre is that the structure is not merely a shrine; it is also a functioning structure being pushed to its limits, obliged to continue ...

The last time the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was closed for an extended period was in 1349, during an outbreak of the Black Death in Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, Israel.

STORY: (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMIT RE'EM, JERUSALEM REGIONAL ARCHAEOLOGIST FOR ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY, SAYING: "This is a piece, main piece of the main high altar of the Holy Sepulchre church. It ...

One of the largest medieval altars on record was recently rediscovered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem — a holy Christian site where Jesus was crucified and believed to have been ...

The large wooden doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre look more like a dam holding back a flood of pilgrims seeking to glimpse the spot where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried ...

Christians will celebrate Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre this year after the storied church remained closed last Easter due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin ...

Read full article: Heads of churches say Israeli government is demanding they pay property tax, upsetting status quo The heads of major Christian denominations in Israel say that local governments ...

Pressed against a wall in a back corridor of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a stone slab bore testimony only to the graffiti etched on it by multitudes of pilgrims through the ages. But the ...

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre was closed last week and has no definite timeline for reopening. This is the first time in nearly 700 years the holy site has closed for an extended period due to ...

The large wooden doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre look more like a dam holding back a flood of pilgrims seeking to glimpse the spot where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried ...